Horse-blanket holder



(No Model.)

L. A. WHITE.

HORSE BLANKET HOLDER. No. 354,865. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD A. \VHITE, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-BLANKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,365, dated December14, 1886.

Application filed August 2, 1886. Serial No. 209,722. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD A. WHITE, of Taunton, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse-Blanket Holders, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a particular device for holding or retaining ahorse-blanket in position when placed'over the animal.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple and neat device forsecurely maintaining or holding the blanket in any position in which itmay be desired.

To the above purposes my invention consists of the novel and peculiarconstructions and arrangements of the device, all as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of aportion of a wagonshaft and a horse-blanket, showing their relativepositions when the blanket is covering the horse, also showing mypeculiar device secured upon the shaft and holding the blanket inposition. Fig. 2 represents an under side view of Fig. 1, with theblanket omitted. Fig. 8 represents a sectional view of the holder andadjuncts, taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4

represents a plan view of a modified form of my holder, shown asattached to a portion of the harness. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinalcentral sectional view of Fig. 4 on line 5 5.

In the said drawings similar numbers of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, the securingplate 8 is formed oblongshaped,with a flat securing-face and with the other face thereof provided witha ridge, 7, irregular in shape and curved on the inner side, said ridgeextending one along each of the long sides of the plate, forming acurved channel or depression between the said ridges on the upper faceof the plate, as the drawings clearly show. The check or stop piece 10is formed integral with the plate 8, and spans across the ridges nearthe center of length. Beneath the check 10 is an opening, 9, merely forthe purpose of facilitating the casting of said plate and check in onecasting.

The spring-finger 11 is made fast at one end to the securing-plate bymeans of one of the fastening-screws 12. The spring finger extends underthe check-piece 10 and lies in the said depression lengthwise of theplate, as shown. The free end of the spring-finger is bent up slightlyto form a handle, for readily raising the end of the finger up from theplate against its own resiliency when the blanket 18 is to be placedtherebetween. In the modified form of Figs. 4 and 5 the spring-finger 11is cut out from the securing-plate in the peculiar shape shown, and hasoneend integral with said plate. The finger 11 in the modified form isbent transversely of its length, as at 14, in order to increase thespring-power of said finger. The ends of the securing-plate are formedwith perforations, to allow the passage of the screws or rivets 12therethrough, in order to firmly secure the plate to the de sired objeet. It will now be evident that the spring-finger 11, together with thesecuringplate, forms a firm nipping device, and when the edge of ablanket, as 18, is' placed in the nip, transversely to the same, it willbe there retained against displacement.

The primary form is shown as made fast to the under face of an ordinarywagon;shaft, 19, (shown in portion,) and with the horse-blanket 18 heldby the springfinger on an edge of the blanket near one of the cornerstoward the hind quarters of the animal, after the blanket has beenplaced in position to properly cover the animal. In Figs. 4 and 5 themodified form is shown as attached upon a trace, 20, (shown in portion,)by means of the rivets 12. This is designed to act in the same way asthe primary form. The holder maybe placed anywhere on the wagon-shaft,or on any part of the harness of the animal suitably to maintain theblanket in proper position to cover the 2. The combination of thesecuring-plate 8, provided with ridges 7, the check-piece 10 across saidridges, the spring-finger 11,fixed to said plate, the screws 12,setthrough said plate, and said plate secured upon the shaft or harness,substantially as and for the purpose described.

LEONARD A. WHITE.

Witnesses:

NELLIE B. LEONARD, ELISHA T. J AOKSON.

